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Eureka

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138777
MRDS ID M005090
MAS/MILS ID 0060050273
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka
Alternate or previous names Old Eureka, Amador Consolidated
Related records 10028224

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.79992, 38.388 (WGS84)
Elevation 405
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 011 E 07 NENESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.79992, 38.388
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JOUR MINES AND GEOL V 50 NO 1 JAN 1954 P 244

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 63 CL SHEET 1 SEC 1

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES AMADOR MAXWELL ALPHA AND RAILROAD ALSO IN SEC 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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